Papers of William W. Wood and Thomas Newton Wood, 1836-1906.

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Papers of William W. Wood and Thomas Newton Wood, 1836-1906.

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Papers of William W. Wood consist of correspondence, including three letters from F. H. Elmore; indenture of Wood's apprenticeship to West Point Foundry Association; and printed matter. Papers of his son Thomas Newton Wood consist of correspondence with Anderson C. Quisenberry and Edwin Longnecker; diary kept as a student at the U.S. Naval Academy; notebook (1873) describing the East Indies, Morocco, and Japan; unpublished article (1891) entitled The Marines; commissions; and scrapbook (1872-1884) containing newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and visiting cards.

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Longnecker, Edwin.

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Elmore, F. H. (Franklin Harper), 1799-1850

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Lawyer, banker, and U.S. representative from South Carolina. From the description of Papers of F. H. Elmore, 1795-1858 (bulk 1839-1850). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450664 F. H. Elmore, of Walterboro, Columbia, and Charleston, S.C., was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1836-1839; president of the State Bank of South Carolina, 1839-1850; and U.S. Senator, appointed to succeed John C. Calhoun, from 11 April 1850 until his death on 29 May 1850. He married Har...

United States Naval Academy

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Taffinder was born on March 18, 1884, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, attained the rank of Vice Admiral, retired from the Navy in 1947, and died in 1965. From the description of Diploma, June 14, 1906. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 704931343 Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy trains students in a four-year Officer Development Program, preparing them for assignments as midshipmen after graduation. The courses focus on moral...

Wood, William W., 1816-1882

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William W. Wood, naval officer, and Thomas Newton Wood, Marine Corps officer. From the description of Papers of William W. Wood and Thomas Newton Wood, 1836-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79041416 William W. W. Wood was born in North Carolina. He received a commission in the U. S. Navy on March 15, 1845, entering with the rank of chief engineer. During his thirty-five year naval career, Wood was stationed at various naval installations and had a number of ...

Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, 1850-1921

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West Point Foundry Association

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Foundry organized ca. 1817 for the purpose of supplying ordnance to the U.S. Army; incorporated April 15, 1818 and continued to operate until 1884; built blast-furnace and foundry near Cold Spring Landing, Putnam Co., N.Y., across Hudson River from West Point; also constructed a machine shop and finishing shop on Beach St. in New York City, specializing in marine steam engines; built first commercially successful locomotive in U.S., 1830; machine shop moved to Cold Spring, ca. 1839. ...

Wood family.

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Wood, Thomas Newton, 1854-1919

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